Madeleine Albright's brooches

John Taylor / Museum of Arts and Design, New York

Bee: "I'd wear this bee when I felt like I should float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, like Muhammad Ali," Albright said."I had it on when I was talking to [former Palestinian leader] Yasser Arafat, who I felt needed to be prodded along a bit in terms of some aspects of negotiations with the Israelis. I'm sure he felt stung, but he didn't make the decisions he needed to in the end."

Bee: "I'd wear this bee when I felt like I should float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, like Muhammad Ali," Albright said."I had it on when I was talking to [former Palestinian leader] Yasser Arafat, who I felt needed to be prodded along a bit in terms of some aspects of negotiations with the Israelis. I'm sure he felt stung, but he didn't make the decisions he needed to in the end."

(John Taylor / Museum of Arts and Design, New York)

Bee: "I'd wear this bee when I felt like I should float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, like Muhammad Ali," Albright said."I had it on when I was talking to [former Palestinian leader] Yasser Arafat, who I felt needed to be prodded along a bit in terms of some aspects of negotiations with the Israelis. I'm sure he felt stung, but he didn't make the decisions he needed to in the end."